A family name on Broughton Street, West End
The Lewises
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Lewis at two addresses in 1940, all on Broughton Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 99 other streets too, all listed on the Lewis name's own page.
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Where the Lewises lived
- 1
919 Broughton Street
West End, 1940
- J F Lewis, a clerk at the Post Office 1940
Next door in 1940: E Evans at 955. The block, door by door
- 2
1004 Broughton Street
West End, 1940
- Daniel Lewis, a salesman at Blane Fullerton & White 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M L Ryan at 1012. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a clerk and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2). Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.
The story, address by address
In 1940 the directory lists J F Lewis at 919 Broughton Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph F Lewis there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office. The 1940 name section lists Daniel Lewis at 1004 Broughton Street, a salesman at Blane Fullerton & White.
Today
The City no longer lists 919 Broughton and 1004 Broughton, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Lewis J F919 Broughton, p. 20
- Lewis Jos F clk PO919 Broughton, p. 347
- Lewis Danl slsmn Blane Fullerton & White1004 Broughton, p. 347
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Lewises
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Lewis name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under L. Want a name removed? Tell us.